26 May 2017 - 11:30am

The global fightback against corporate courts has taken another huge step forward. Ecuador has decided to terminate all its bilateral investment treaties due to its recognition of the immense dangers posed by corporate courts.

26 May 2017 - 11:00am

In another blow to the European Commission and a major victory for the European trade justice movement, the European Court of Justice again ruled against the Commission’s interests by deciding that it could not seal trade deals including corporate courts without approval from individual EU member states.

25 May 2017 - 11:30am

The rejection of a petition signed by more than 3 million people across Europe against toxic trade deals was an outrageous decision by the European Commission. Now the European Court of Justice agrees.

24 May 2017 - 11:30am

In recent weeks two EU court rulings and a decision taken by Ecuador to scrap its investment treaties have dealt a heavy blow to secretly negotiated, corporate trade deals. The events have proved a major boost to social movements resisting these toxic deals in the UK and around the world, as part of a wider fight for trade justice and democracy.

23 May 2017 - 4:00pm

Our thoughts are with everyone affected by the appalling Manchester attack. From Manchester, to Turkey, to Yemen, right across the globe, War on Want stands shoulder to shoulder in solidarity with all those suffering violence and conflict. Humanity will prevail. Today #WeStandTogether with Manchester.

22 May 2017 - 4:15pm

Communities and social movements in Colombia's most important port city, Buenaventura, are engaged in an indefinite civic strike over the state's historic neglect of the city's majority Afro-descendent population. Over 150 000 people have shown their discontent and shut down the city and its port, bringing the economy to a grinding halt.

20 May 2017 - 2:45pm

Join us to hear about Antofagasta, the London-listed company entangled in ongoing corruption scandals, exacerbation of major droughts, destruction and cover-up of archaeological sites and attempts to expand the largest mine waste tailings dam in Latin America.

15 May 2017 - 2:45pm

The priority of any future government must be to hand power back to workers to allow them to claim their rights and feel secure enough to challenge poor pay and abusive conditions. Workers in insecure employment, on precarious contracts, such as zero hours or bogus self-employment, are often too afraid of speaking out for fear of losing their job or future work. Any future government serious about the rights of workers must ensure workers are secure enough to claim their rights.